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Monday, May 17, 2021
PR: Baltimore Comic-Con 2021 is a GO!
Saturday, May 15, 2021
That darn Jeff Danziger
This picture needed 1,000 words [Jeff Danziger]
Barbara R. Miller, Laytonsville
Washington Post May 15 2021, pA17
Friday, May 14, 2021
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Panic Buying"
From DC's anarchist cartoonist, Mike Flugennock -
"Panic Buying"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3220
The Colonial Pipeline hack attack caused gas shortages all around the US, sparking massive amounts of mindless — and straight-up stupid — panic buying, and Israel was no exception — and the US, of course, was happy to sell them all the shit they could burn in Gaza this week.
12x14 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.2mb
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"More than 100 killed as Israel intensifies Gaza onslaught", Maureen Clare Murphy at Electronic Intifada, 05.14.2021
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/more-100-killed-israel-intensifies-gaza-onslaught
"Government Warns Not To Fill Plastic Bags With Gasoline Because People Are Idiots", Aaron Ryan at Whiskey Riffs, 05.13.2021
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2021/05/13/government-warns-not-to-fill-plastic-bags-with-gasoline-because-people-are-idiots/
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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"Panic Buying"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3220
The Colonial Pipeline hack attack caused gas shortages all around the US, sparking massive amounts of mindless — and straight-up stupid — panic buying, and Israel was no exception — and the US, of course, was happy to sell them all the shit they could burn in Gaza this week.
12x14 inch medium-res color .jpg image, 1.2mb
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"More than 100 killed as Israel intensifies Gaza onslaught", Maureen Clare Murphy at Electronic Intifada, 05.14.2021
https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/maureen-clare-murphy/more-100-killed-israel-intensifies-gaza-onslaught
"Government Warns Not To Fill Plastic Bags With Gasoline Because People Are Idiots", Aaron Ryan at Whiskey Riffs, 05.13.2021
https://www.whiskeyriff.com/2021/05/13/government-warns-not-to-fill-plastic-bags-with-gasoline-because-people-are-idiots/
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Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Cavna takes 2nd place award for Online Blog in NHA contest
Steve Kelley Wins 2021 National Headliner Award
PR: Dead Reckoning Announces Fall 2021 Titles, Including Adaptation of James D. Hornfischer’s New York Times Bestseller
[I'm most excited about my friend Ben Towle's new book]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Dead Reckoning Announces Fall 2021 Titles, Including Adaptation of James D. Hornfischer’s New York Times Bestseller
ANNAPOLIS, Md., May 13, 2021 – Dead Reckoning will bring you three new graphic novels in Fall 2021. First
up is Four-Fisted Tales by four-time Eisner-nominated cartoonist
Ben Towle, which tells the story of how animals have been used to fight
in the trenches, jungles, and deserts of the world’s battlefields.
Next,
The Jewish Brigade by Marvano follows how the Jewish
Infantry Brigade Group came to fight against and hunt down Nazis who
sought to murder them and their families. Last, but not least, James D.
Hornfischer
along with Doug Murray and Steven Sanders bring us The Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors.
Out gunned and outnumbered, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
brings to life the New York Times bestseller on the Battle
off Samar where a small American task force fought to turn back an
overwhelming Japanese force at Leyte Gulf.
Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat
By Ben Towle
978-1-68247-416-7 | August 18, 2021
Paperback | $24.95
In virtually every military conflict in recorded history animals have fought—and often died—alongside their human counterparts. While countless stories of the men and women who’ve served in the trenches, jungles, and deserts of the world’s battlefields have been told, Four-Fisted Tales: Animals in Combat shares the stories of the animals who fought alongside them.
From Hannibal’s elephants in ancient Rome to mine-sniffing rats in Vietnam and everything in between, Four-
Ben Towle is a four-time Eisner-nominated cartoonist. His previous works include Oyster War; Amelia Earhart: This Broad Ocean (with Sarah Stewart Taylor), which received accolades from The New York Times and Publishers Weekly and was a Junior Library Guild selection; Midnight Sun; and Farewell, Georgia.
By Marvano
978-1-68247-723-6 | September 15, 2021
Paperback | $24.95
In the waning years of World War II, as the tragic plight of the European Jews was coming to light in ever more horrific detail, a Jewish fighting force, known as the Jewish Infantry Brigade Group, was born as part of the British Eighth Army. Leslie Toliver, a racecar driver in the pre-war years, eagerly joined the all-volunteer force for a chance to fight with his people against those who sought to murder them.
Born in Belgium, Marvano, started out as an interior designer. Years later, he began an alternate career as an illustrator, eventually becoming editor-in-chief of the magazine Kuifje, then managing the comics department of Flemish publisher Den Gulden Engel. All the while he published his own comics and went on to write and illustrate dozens of graphic novels over decades, most notably adapting Joe Halderman’s famous novel The Forever War.
By James D. Hornfischer; Adapted by Doug Murray; Drawn by Steven Sanders; Colored by Matt Soffe; Lettered by Rob Steen
978-1-68247-338-2 | October 20, 2021
Hardcover | $29.95
Adapted from the naval history classic and New York Times bestseller, The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors pieces together the action of the Battle off Samar, bringing to life a riveting story of heroism against daunting odds, duty, and sacrifice in a way never seen before.
James D. Hornfischer’s gripping account of the battle, based on declassified documents as well as extensive interviews with veterans, is acclaimed as one of the most compelling works of naval history ever published. Hornfischer’s awards include the 2018 Samuel Eliot Morison Award, given by the Board of Trustees of the USS Constitution Museum.
Doug Murray is a comic book writer and novelist. He served as a non-commissioned officer in the Army in Vietnam and was the main writer on the popular comic book series The 'Nam, published by Marvel Comics.
Steven Sanders is an illustrator. His work has appeared in the distinguished SPECTRUM anthology and has drawn a number of comics for Marvel and Image Comics.
Wednesday, May 12, 2021
Steve Conley interviews
Steve Conley 2021
https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-7ce5x-10325a0
The Astounding Steve Conley drops by to talk about his latest Kickstarter;"Astounding Space Thrills: Undersea Menace from the Year 3200" and to share his secrets of Kickstarter success! Steve & Geoff talk comics and life in the days when the internet was young! One of Geoff's favorite conversations-at least since the last time he talked with Steve Conley!
Steve Conley : https://steveconley.com
https://astoundingspacethrills.com/kickstarter
https://steveconley.com/the-middle-age/
Geoff Grogan: https://geoffgrogan.com
on Instagram:
@greenscreencomic
https://www.webtoons.com/en/challenge/greenscreen/list?title_no=571704
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Spotlight SquadCast Interview with Steve Conley and His Astounding Space Thrills
We got the chance to catch up with cartoonist Steve Conley recently. This is an interview we have been wanting to do for some time and the timing worked out great as Steve is in the middle of a fantastic Kickstarter campaign.
Steve is best known for his multi-award nominated webcomic The Middle Age, but this time around he is collecting and printing his turn of the century webcomic Astounding Space Thrills. The campaign is doing excellent and is something you definitely want to get in on.
Please enjoy this conversation where we talk about the Kickstarter for Astounding Space Thrills, Steve's career, the history and future of The Middle Age, and we throw in a little pop culture etymology for good measure.
Check out the trailer for the Kickstarter campaign below:
What is Astounding Space Thrills about?
According to Steve:
Astounding Space Thrills is a fun, retro-futuristic, sci-fi adventure following hero Argosy Smith as he solves cosmic mysteries. Think of Argosy as 1/3 The Doctor, 1/3 Buckaroo Banzaii, and 1/3 every kid who grew up playing RPGs and video games.
There are very accessible backer reward tiers and so far the campaign is blowing by the stretch goals.
It is an amazing effort that Steve is undertaking by resurrecting and remastering a webcomic that was designed to be viewed on a monitor that used a VGA cable and a computer that required a hard wired cable to a dial-up modem to get to the internet. This is definitely a labor of love and we are looking forward to seeing the final results.
In our conversation, Steve mentioned that he is willing and excited to go back to the world of Argosy Smith if the people want more of it. I say that sounds like a great idea.
What are the important things to know?
The campaign ends on May 26, 2021.
You can find the campaign page here.
Steve's website is steveconley.com.
You can follow Steve on Twitter at thesteveconley.
Don't forget to check out The Middle Age as well. You can find it at Webtoon, GoComics, Tapas, or even in Kindle or Print formats on Amazon.
Steve also has a Patreon page that we highly recommend.
Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Won't Somebody Think Of The Shareholders?"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist -
(a.k.a. "Black Wednesday"; I'm guessing a bunch of knobs out there are doing the digital equivalent of selling apples off a cart in front of the Stock Exchange right about now.)
"Won't Somebody Think Of The Shareholders?"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3210
No doubt that day last week will go down as "Black Wednesday" for all
the death'n'misery profiteers out there: the day the US Trade
Representative's office announced its support for a waiver of pantent
protection for COVID19 vaccines developed by Pfizer, Biontech,
Novavax, and Moderna — and Wall Street crapped its pants.
After week after week after week of hell raised about places like
India, where they're dying like flies and can't get enough vaccine
because American corporations, true to form, are hoarding the supply
and the IP protection — the US Trade Rep has decided that waiving
patent protection on vaccines during a worldwide pandemic might be a
pretty good idea after all... and this hasn't stopped Wall Street from
doing the voodoo that it do so well — setting shares of all four of
those companies dropping like a rock on Jupiter.
Buddy, can you paradigm?
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"U.S. backs waiving patent protections for Covid vaccines, citing global health crisis", CNBC 05.05.2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/us-backs-covid-vaccine-intellectual-property-waivers-to-expand-access-to-shots-worldwide.html
"Vaccine apartheid: U.S. puts world at risk for big pharma profits",
Liberation News 04.20.2021
https://www.liberationnews.org/vaccine-apartheid-u-s-puts-world-at-risk-for-big-pharma-profits/
"Pfizer, Biontech, Novavax, Moderna shares plunge to session lows after U.S. backs waiving patent protections on Covid vaccines", CNBC
Now @CNBCnow on Twitter 05.05.2021
https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1390023742194061312
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"Won't Somebody Think Of The Shareholders?"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3210
No doubt that day last week will go down as "Black Wednesday" for all
the death'n'misery profiteers out there: the day the US Trade
Representative's office announced its support for a waiver of pantent
protection for COVID19 vaccines developed by Pfizer, Biontech,
Novavax, and Moderna — and Wall Street crapped its pants.
After week after week after week of hell raised about places like
India, where they're dying like flies and can't get enough vaccine
because American corporations, true to form, are hoarding the supply
and the IP protection — the US Trade Rep has decided that waiving
patent protection on vaccines during a worldwide pandemic might be a
pretty good idea after all... and this hasn't stopped Wall Street from
doing the voodoo that it do so well — setting shares of all four of
those companies dropping like a rock on Jupiter.
Buddy, can you paradigm?
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"U.S. backs waiving patent protections for Covid vaccines, citing global health crisis", CNBC 05.05.2021
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/05/us-backs-covid-vaccine-intellectual-property-waivers-to-expand-access-to-shots-worldwide.html
"Vaccine apartheid: U.S. puts world at risk for big pharma profits",
Liberation News 04.20.2021
https://www.liberationnews.org/vaccine-apartheid-u-s-puts-world-at-risk-for-big-pharma-profits/
"Pfizer, Biontech, Novavax, Moderna shares plunge to session lows after U.S. backs waiving patent protections on Covid vaccines", CNBC
Now @CNBCnow on Twitter 05.05.2021
https://twitter.com/CNBCnow/status/1390023742194061312
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Monday, May 10, 2021
May 13: Shary Flenniken with Sarah Glidden
Shary Flenniken with Sarah Glidden
Date:
Thursday, May 13, 2021 - 6:00pm
Location:
Virtually Hosted by Elliott Bay Book Company
Something of a landmark publication is celebrated here today as once-up-a-time Seattle cartoonist Shary Flenniken (now based in Brooklyn), will be joined in conversation by cartoonist author Sarah Glidden, on the occasion of the release of Trots and Bonnie (New York Review of Books Comics). This book brings together, so far as we know, the first appearance in book form of Trots and Bonnie, who appeared back in the day in the pages of National Lampoon, where Shary Flenniken was an editor forty years ago. Shary Flenniken's work also appeared in such magazines as Mad, Premiere, and Details. She was a pioneer in her time - and the work, as response to Trots and Bonnie's publication, is no less fresh than it was years ago.
"Drawn in an exquisite pastiche on the classic comic strip style of George McManus (Bringing Up Father) and the like, [Trots and Bonnie is] a slyly whimsical take on feminism, hippies, the counterculture, and more. . . . Flenniken [is] . . . one of the best cartoonists of her time, full stop." —Heidi MacDonald, Comics Beat.
"Trots and Bonnie is hilarious, poignant, raunchy, gorgeously drawn, and more relevant than ever. Shary Flenniken is an absolute genius." —Roz Chast.
Sarah Glidden's books include How to Understand Israel in 60 Days or Less and Rolling Blackouts.
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Saturday, May 08, 2021
Philip Kennedy Johnson writes Venom
Philip Kennedy Johnson & Ron Lim Join Venom #200, But Not Rob Liefeld
Flugennnock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Blue Lives Matter no.2"
From Mike Flugennock, DC's anarchist cartoonist (on April 23rd but not posted)
"Blue Lives Matter no. 2"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3196
Mere hours after the Derek Chauvin verdict was handed down, Columbus police shot 15 year-old Ma'Khia Bryant to death after she called the police for help as she was being threatened. That's right; she called the goddamn cops for help, and they shot her — after which police taunted bystanders with declarations of "Blue Lives Matter!".
And while that atrocity was going on, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sharting out the following hot, sloppy bucket of White Liberal Bougie Politician horseshit:
Speaker Pelosi: "Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for
justice ... Because of you and because of thousands, millions of
people around the world who came out for justice, your name will
always be synonymous with justice."
The Recount @therecount on Twitter, 04.20.2021
...and here I thought Pelosi had totally hit bottom with that taking a
knee in a kente cloth stunt. Christ, that goddamn woman needs to just shut the hell up, resign from office, and retire back to San Francisco with her huge-ass fridge full of overpriced ice cream.
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"Nancy Pelosi: 'Thank You, George Floyd, For Sacrificing Your Life'",
by Akbar Shahid Ahmed in the Huffington Post, 03.20.2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-george-floyd-thank-you_n_607f4d32e4b017537f0c1370
"Columbus Cops Accused of Saying 'Blue Lives Matter' After Ma'Khia Bryant Shooting", Anders Anglesey in Newsweek, 04.21.2021
https://www.newsweek.com/columbus-cops-accused-blue-lives-matter-makhia-bryant-shooting-1585314
"Speaker Pelosi: 'Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for
justice ... Because of you and because of thousands, millions of
people around the world who came out for justice, your name will
always be synonymous with justice'." The Recount @therecount on
Twitter, 04.20.2021
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1384624882600796167
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
"Blue Lives Matter no. 2"
http://sinkers.org/stage/?p=3196
Mere hours after the Derek Chauvin verdict was handed down, Columbus police shot 15 year-old Ma'Khia Bryant to death after she called the police for help as she was being threatened. That's right; she called the goddamn cops for help, and they shot her — after which police taunted bystanders with declarations of "Blue Lives Matter!".
And while that atrocity was going on, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was sharting out the following hot, sloppy bucket of White Liberal Bougie Politician horseshit:
Speaker Pelosi: "Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for
justice ... Because of you and because of thousands, millions of
people around the world who came out for justice, your name will
always be synonymous with justice."
The Recount @therecount on Twitter, 04.20.2021
...and here I thought Pelosi had totally hit bottom with that taking a
knee in a kente cloth stunt. Christ, that goddamn woman needs to just shut the hell up, resign from office, and retire back to San Francisco with her huge-ass fridge full of overpriced ice cream.
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"Nancy Pelosi: 'Thank You, George Floyd, For Sacrificing Your Life'",
by Akbar Shahid Ahmed in the Huffington Post, 03.20.2021
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nancy-pelosi-george-floyd-thank-you_n_607f4d32e4b017537f0c1370
"Columbus Cops Accused of Saying 'Blue Lives Matter' After Ma'Khia Bryant Shooting", Anders Anglesey in Newsweek, 04.21.2021
https://www.newsweek.com/columbus-cops-accused-blue-lives-matter-makhia-bryant-shooting-1585314
"Speaker Pelosi: 'Thank you George Floyd for sacrificing your life for
justice ... Because of you and because of thousands, millions of
people around the world who came out for justice, your name will
always be synonymous with justice'." The Recount @therecount on
Twitter, 04.20.2021
https://twitter.com/therecount/status/1384624882600796167
Mike Flugennock, Political Cartoons: http://www.sinkers.org/stage
and follow me on Mastodon at https://mastodon.social/@flugennock
Friday, May 07, 2021
PCHH on 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines'
A Family Road Trip Gets Glitchy In 'The Mitchells Vs. The Machines'
The Mitchells - Katie, Rick, Linda and Aaron - hide from the robot apocalypse behind a dumpster in Netflix's The Mitchells Vs. The Machines.
Weldon reviews 'Jupiter's Legacy'
'Jupiter's Legacy' Decodes The Superhero Genre Without Subverting It
Pop Culture Happy Hour May 7, 2021
L to R: Walter/Brainwave (Ben Daniels) and Sheldon/The Utopian (Josh Duhamel) agree to table their discussion in Netflix's Jupiter's Legacy.
PR: Announcing Virtual SPX 2021
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PR: Watch The SpongeBob Musical — Streaming This Weekend!
Watch The SpongeBob Musical — Streaming This Weekend!
Gonzaga College High School is thrilled to present the Tony award-winning Spongebob Musical online this weekend!
Three performances will stream "live" on Friday, May 7 at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, May 8 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, May 9 at 2:30 p.m. This show is an ocean of fun for the whole family! Watch the preview trailer and purchase tickets at the link above.
NPR talks to Bechdel
Alison Bechdel Discusses A Lifelong Affair With Exercise In New Memoir
Lulu Garcia-Navarro
Weekend Edition Sunday May 2, 2021
Cavna talks to Bechdel
Alison Bechdel thought she was writing a book about exercise. It became a metaphysical adventure.
Thursday, May 06, 2021
Betancourt on Invincible, Falcon and Star Wars
'The Bad Batch' proves Star Wars animation still has a story to tell
Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes
Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes
Gene Luen Yang, Jim Lee, Bernard Chang, Sarah Kuhn , and Minh Lê
The Library of Congress Behind the Book.
May 6 2021
For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, an event that celebrates the life work of DC Chief Creative Officer and Publisher Jim Lee. He will appear in conversation with illustrator Bernard Chang ("Generations Forged") and writers Sarah Kuhn ("Shadow of the Batgirl") and Minh Lê ("Green Lantern: Legacy"). Moderated by former National Ambassador for Young People's Literature Gene Luen Yang ("Superman Smashes the Klan").
Peanuts play in Falls Church high school
F.C. High Students Show Ingenuity in 'You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown'
By Mark Dreisonstok
Doonesbury's Trudeau: Trump was a 'full-blown comic strip character'
Doonesbury's Trudeau: Trump was a 'full-blown comic strip character'
Doonesbury's Garry Trudeau joins MSNBC's Ari Melber to talk about satirizing Trump and politics in the Biden era.
Ann Telnaes andSergio Peçanha on cicadas
Opinion: After 17 years, cicadas catch up with the news
Ann Telnaes and Sergio Peçanha
May 6, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/interactive/2021/cicadas-catch-up-with-the-news/
Wednesday, May 05, 2021
May 6: Jim Lee, Gene Yang and other cartoonists online at Library of Congress
Celebrating Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month with Jim Lee and Asian American Superheroes on May 6
by Deziree Arnaiz
Library of Congress' From the Catbird Seat blog May 5, 2021
During the video premiere on Facebook, panelists Bernard Chang, Sarah Kuhn, Minh Lê and Gene Luen Yang will be available in the chat to greet attendees and answer questions.
Library of Congress acquires Tomine print based on photo of his grandmother
"Her Name is Shizuko"—A Mother's Influence [Adrian Tomine].
Tuesday, May 04, 2021
May 17 BookPage Live with Alison Bechdel
MAY 17, 2021 AT 12 PM EDT
BookPage Live with Alison Bechdel
Facebook Live
Details
Event by BookPage
Online with Facebook Live
Monday, May 17, 2021 at 12 PM EDT
Price: Free
Public · Anyone on or off Facebook
BookPage associate editor Christy Lynch chats with Alison Bechdel about her deep and deeply funny new graphic memoir, The Secret to Superhuman Strength (HMH). Read more about the book here: http://bkpg.it/6OQ
Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews Deadly Class creators about music
'Deadly Class': The Creators Drop Their "Save Your Generation" Mixtape
Apr 27, 2021
Troy-Jeffrey Allen interviews webcomic creators of new Hostess ads
The Art of Comic Book Ads with Andrew Gutierrez and Jon J. Murakami
Apr 26, 2021
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